The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted (2006) by Obery Hendricks Jr. In a similar vein to the seminal books Jesus and the Disinherited and God of the Oppressed, The Politics of Jesus places Jesus back into his proper social, political, and economic context so we can better and more […]
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Panelists encourage both clergy and laity to show up and speak out On Monday, less than a month before a pivotal presidential election, a panel convened by Union Presbyterian Seminary’s Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation took on the issue of Christian nationalism at home. Panelists joining the webinar’s host, Dr. Rodney S. Sadler Jr., Associate Professor of
Obery Hendricks, Ph.D., one of the most influential Black biblical scholars writing today, and Race Forward’s Chief of Staff Charlene Sinclair, Ph.D., who herself fashions strategies that embrace a liberationist approach to faith and spirituality for racial and economic justice, discuss the immediacy of pushing back against the spread of Christian Nationalism and the urgency
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We speak with Dr. Obery Hendricks, a Biblical scholar at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary. His new book Christians Against Christianity discusses the moral roots of the Bible to illustrate the hypocrisy of evangelical right-wing rhetoric, including a chapter on the religious Right’s condemnation of homosexuality and how it runs antithetical to the foundational
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White Christian fascism is rising in this country, in part, because we have so badly distorted the story of who Jesus is. An honest reckoning with Jesus’ politics as depicted in the gospels is impossible to reconcile with the racist, anti-immigrant, pro-gun, and anti-abortion policies that are too often defended in his name. This Holy
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Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith” by Obery M. Hendricks The words in Amazon’s description, including “galvanizing,” “scathing,” and “clarion call,” are certainly on point. This will be a “love it or hate it” book, for sure. I’d love to sit down with Dr. Hendricks some time and
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Obery Hendricks and Sabrina E. Dent, two of the foremost experts on race, religion, and American politics, gathered on Tuesday (Feb. 7) for a virtual “kitchen table-style conversation” about the state of White Christian Nationalism. The hour-long event, moderated by Candace Bond-Theriault, was organized by Columbia Law School’s Law, Rights, and Religion Project to celebrate
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Rev. Dr. Obery Hendricks shares his thoughts on the Live Saturday Bible Study of Alfred Street Baptist Church. Learn more about this here: Alfred Street Baptist Church Live Saturday Bible Study
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Obery Hendricks on Saint Augustine’s University. The Just Chapel Series engages the world through five major themes of social justice: Racial Justice, Economic Justice, Gender Justice, LGBTQ+ Justice, and Environmental Justice. Both community activists and international scholars will lead us through these themes within our complex, diverse, and rapidly changing world. Learn more about this
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Obery Hendricks on Valley & Mountain Fellowship Each week, the people of Valley and Mountain Fellowship recite this offertory prayer: “Wellspring of life, help us to use our offerings to make peace in our community. Set us free from fear, hoarding, and hostility, and renew in us the desire to become open-handed and open-hearted. Teach